challenged but was able to fight off that bus driver tonight. he is facing two felony charges. a metro access bus driver has been charged with fondling and assault inging a female passeng that has downs syndrome in prince george's county in january. metro police say 55-year-old jose has been charged with third-degree sex offense and second-degree assault in the attack. >> the metro access operator picked up the victim and drove her to her residence on -- en route to the residence and -- operator pulled over. authorities say the attack happened between temple hills and bowie. the victims fought off the driver and told a co-worker about the attack. the co-worker reported the crime. >> any time you receive a report or allegation of this magnitude, we act very quickly. this case, we are very happy that we made the arrest and -- placed the appropriate charges.

and that this person will pay for it. >> reporter: arrest at his gaithersburg home and fired from his job, a subcontractor, which hires metro access drivers. they say castillo had a clean background check when he was hired last may. >> unfortunately we don't have control over every single thing that happen order the vehicle. when we get reports of something of this nature, we act immediate ly pl metro police say they received a report of a sexual assault involving a metro access bus driver totally different driver, different set of circumstances and they say u.s. attorney's office declined to prosecuted in that case. that driver has been fired as well. reporting live from northwest, darcy spencer, news4. back to you. >> thanks, darcy. whether you are heading downtown for the end of the cherry blossom festival or going to a game, it is going to be a very busy weekend in the district. on top of that, a number of streets are shutting down in

preparation for next week's nuclear summit. news4's aaron gilchrist is live for news downtown with more on that part of the story. >> reporter: yes. rush hour is just getting started here. what's one of the many crossroads in the d.c. area and you can expect that this is what you will find today. but come monday, very different. it will be a ghost town as far as regular folks go. the rest of washington, d.c., will be a commuter's nightmare. it is becoming increasingly obvious the curtain is closing on the area around the washington convention center. today crews were hard at work lining 7th street with metal fencing. piles of it line lie in wait to restrict access for blocks around. come sunday nightes entry area between new york avenue and o street and 10th and 6th streets will be vip only. newspaper bins and trash cans will be gone and major traffic arteries will stop flowing. >> we are going to have the worst traffic gridlock that we have seen since the

inauguration. >> reporter: aaa estimates a million people will have to change their daily practices to cope with the summit. >> pedestrians, commuters, people that ride the bus, people that ride metro rails, every one of us will be impacted. the question is what will be the level of the impact. >> reporter: a significant area around the convention center is residential. metro stop is closed and there is no access to bus stops. monday, tuesday, into wednesday, city dwellers say they will have to endure living in a police state. >> if you don't live around here, and you have an i.d. to show you live here, you ain't coming through here. >> one silver lining, three days of street cleaning around the secure perimeter won't happen. >> parking will be really difficult. and so a lot of people are are going to have to move their cars. we realize it will be a squeeze. we decided to suspend street sweeping so people don't have to move their cars. >> reporter: one thing worth

noting, it will not be unusual if the president invited some of the 40 on-plus heads of state over to the white house. so it is altogether possible that the secure perimeter around the white house might expand as well at some point over the two days the summit will happen next weekend. just another little note, jim, give you perspective on the security around here. even the mailman coming into this area will have to go through security checkpoints before he can deliver mail to folks who live around here. live in northwest, back to you. >> will not be easy for anyone there. good afternoon. there is a live view from our sky watcher camera. you can see the shun shine. few clouds racing through. blustery northwest wind and it is certainly much chillier. now in the upper 50s. i'm tom kierein. now 57 in washington. near 50 in the shenandoah valley. we just had a wind gust at reagan national of 35 miles an hour. there is a frost advisory in effect for the shenandoah valley and includes the counties of

shenandoah, page, rockingham and augusta. overnight, there, they could be down near freezing. we may hit the upper 30s around the metro area by dawn tomorrow. probably no frost. chilly night tonight. and does appear it is going to be cool again tomorrow but remaining dry. but a warmup on the way by the end of the weekend. we will take a look at that. i will also show you my forecast all the way into next week. and through the rest of next week. that will be coming up in just a few minutes. now let's check on the traffic. ashley, how are we doing this friday afternoon? >> friday afternoon out there. we have significant delays around town. we had an earlier make orn accident in the 3:00 hour on the inner loop of the beltway at the american legion. blocked all lanes for a time. that's been cleared. look what it did to beltway. that's painful. this is the commute out of bethesda, old georgetown road. inner loop and outer loop. not going anywhere. looking at the capital beltway. elsewhere we have significant delays. georgetown road, you are not moving very fast there.

the inner loop is still going to be heavy as you con past connecticut avenue for silver spring. this is the case, little bit better as you approach university boulevard. along 270, have you company in the northbound direction. passing by tuckerman lane, con further north, have you more delays to speak of. here is the pies the other side of the beltway, approach branch avenue, outer loop will be slow there. there's no major accidents to report. plain heavy this afternoon. if you are traveling out of springfield, does not look too bad out of this camera which is very misleading. just north of the camera shot, very heavy towards newington and then pretty much jam jammed solid. heading towards dumfries and quantico. back to you guys. >> thanks, ash. and you can expect traffic to be heavier than normal this weekend on the outer loop beltway. there will be rampant lane closures between eisenhower connector and the telegraph road interchange. it all begins tonight after rush hour. vdot tells us drivers can expect traffic to be backed up as much as four miles which is back to

the springfield interchange. if at all possible try to avoid the outer loop in virginia. work expected to wrap up sunday night. so metro passengers had to be evacuated from metro center today because of a small fire. officials tell us that a track insulator caught fire and sent smoke through the tunnel. the fire was put out quickly. and there were no reports of injuries. metro says the system resumed normal operations. family, friends and officers from around our region gathered today to remember a montgomery county police officer who died in the line of duty. derrick ward is in our newsroom with more on this. >> you know, it is a sad inevitably of police work when an officer dies in the line of duty. hector ayala was laid to rest. celebrating the life and service of an officer cut down in his prime. routine familiar. ceremony, drills, practice.

military precision. is the reason they come together like this to say good-bye to a comrade fallen in duty they never get used to. >> gets you in the heart. >> reporter: they dime say good-bye to hector ayala. the 7-year veteran died early easter morning. his cruiser went off randolph road as he responded to a call for assistance from another officer. >> type of officer that did everything for you. he did his job very well and very professional. worked hard. he had a lot of support and provided a lot of support for his shift throughout the district. >> reporter: 30 on police agencies from all over turned out at st. peter's catholic church. >> extended family. public safety, had that type of bond. it is nationwide. worldwide. we have people down here from canada. >> career that lasted less than a decade, he made his mark and accomplished more than some with twice the time and service. >> one year he wrote 800 traffic

citations. and from those only one person complained. that's a good track record. you have to have a pretty good personality and pretty fair when you are giving out that many citations p in order to only have -- one complain. he was a field training officer and was an exam. >> reporter: an exam tomorrow those that wear the same uniform and those that didn't know him. some who fell they had to come out and pay their respect. >> they are a family with each other and community. >> reporter: officer ayala was promoted to gentleman. he is the 16th county officer to die in the line of duty and first hispanic officer to die while on the job. officer ayala leaves behind his 14-month-old son, hector jr., and his wife, melissa who is expecting twins. a fund has been established to

help his survivors. contributions can be sent to office park drive, montgomery village, maryland. 20886. write hector ayala's name on the memo line. 100% of the money will go to his family. 301-948-4286 for more information. back to you. >> that's good to know. thank you. supreme court justice john paul stevens will be turning 90 on april 20th. as recently as ten days ago he was wrestling on the decision whether to retire. today he sent a letter to the white house. addressing it to my dear mr. president. writing plea planned to retire and thought it would be in the court's best interest to have his successor appointed before the next term begins this fall. in 1975 emerged it is a court's liberal leader. "meet the press" moderator david gregory will join us with more on justice stevens' retirement,

possible successors coming up in the next half hour. we are praying for a miracle. those with words of president barack obama today about the four miners in west virginia who remain missing after monday's explosion. there's been ather setback in the efforts to rescue those workers from the upper big branch mine. meanwhile, grieving families are starting to bury some of the 25 victims who died. steve handelsman joins us now live from raleigh county, that's in west virginia with the latest. steve? >> jim, thanks. good afternoon. officials here say it will take miracle. they pumped in nitrogen, put out the fires, sent the rescue teams back in. the mood is grim because hope is almost lost. you have what -- what you have is -- a situation where they finally made it to the first shelter. first shelter in the mine is

where they thought at least three of the miners, maybe four, might have taken refuge. they made it to that shelter and found what for them was the worst possible result. nobody, in fact, monday had gone to that shelter. it hadn't been did he employed, folded up, much like an airline escape stairway would be folded in an airplane. and they tried to get to the second one and, jim, they were able to do it because of the fire. that is the effort that is under way right now. so we should get word in the next few hours about whether they finally got to that second shelter. that would mean their mission is complete and there could be closure. you don't find anybody here, jim, including many coal miners with whom i spoke and know the situation who believe there is much of a chance that anybody is still live after monday's explosion. back to you. >> all right. hard to hear. hard to take for them. steve handelsman. steve, thank you. coming up on "news4 at 5:00," legalizing mayor juan for

medicinal purposes. it moves closer to reality in one area of the state. >> also, maryland lawmakers vote on whether hand-held cell phones can beioused by drivers. an airline that flies into our area may be fined over safety concerns. i'm liz crenshaw. what exactly is the pollen count and how is it calculated? that's the question. answer coming up on "ask liz."

frontier airlines facing $4 $400,000 fine for violating regulations. it changed how passengers can access the access. frontier made the changes without updating the sign, diagrammed at the exits. they say about 900 flights took place with the wrong placard. frontier has about 30 days to respond to those regulations. >> the maryland state senate today has advanced a bull that would legalize medical marijuana. the proposal would allow pharmacies to distribute marijuana to patients by authorization from their personal doctors. it would also recategorize mayor juan as a highly regulated medication like morphine. the bill has bipartisan support. the maryland house is studying a similar bill. you about won't take up the measure for a few months. it is a beautiful way to start our weekend. cool but we are not complaining. >> finally april regaining its dignity as a spring month.

it did cool down dramatically from what it has been last couple of days. as we take a look there, live view from our city camera. right now at reagan national airport. the temperature is a cool 57 degrees. that is the temperature there. right now, near 50, shenandoah valley. record low tomorrow morning in washington the 28 degrees. set on tomorrow's date in 1997. as we look at the temperatures ruined the region, now it is chilly in the shenandoah valley. near 50 there. just in upper 40s, martin burs, panhandle of west virginia, 48. closer to washington, montgomery county, arlington, fairfax, prince george's counties, mid 50s. near 60, southern maryland through central virginia. latest wind gusts have been around 30 to 35 miles an hour. out of the northwest. now with the calm wind tonight under a clear sky, temperatures should plummet in the shenandoah valley to near or maybe below freezing. all those counties in blue. under a frost advisory that includes rockingham, shenandoah, page, augusta counties by dawn

tomorrow. scattered frost around the pollen count still very high. it has been reduced by the rain last night. it is still mostly oak tree pollen. temperatures on the eastern shore, mid 50s now. richmond, 65. look how chilly it is in the mountains of western maryland, west virginia, low 40s. they have considerable cloudiness there. we will have these clouds dissipating overnight. temperature in buffalo, new york, only 35 there now. upstate michigan, upper 30s. big warmup under way through the central plains. that will be arriving here on sunday. here is the wide view. showing that front that came through last night with the storms. that's now raining in new england. and that's going to be pulling out of there, too. going forward over the next 48 hours. high pressure over the tennessee valley will move over us by dawn tomorrow. that's when we could have the scattered frost and then the high will drift just to our south during the day saturday as the cool air dissipates. and we will have a milder afternoon tomorrow. and looks like it will be getting even milder sunday as the high moves off the coast and our winds shift into the southwest. here is what we are looking for.

mostly clear, near 50 by midnight. and then by dawn tomorrow, upper 30s for the metro area. sunsets at 7:39. chilly start tomorrow morning. upper 30s to near 40 around the metro area. cooler in the shenandoah valley. during the afternoon into the mid 60s. sunday, partly cloudy. should climb into the low 70s. monday, tuesday, highs in the 60s. and partly cloudy. looks like next week is going to stay dry. wednesday, thursday, and friday each day sunshine. highs in the 60s to near 70. that's the way it looks now. jim and wendy. >> thank you. >> we like that. when we come right back on "news4 at 5:00" tonight, you have to see this. it looks like a stunt from a movie. unfortunately it wasn't. good news is the victim survived this accident. his story straight ahead. >> we are talking love again. she wants someone with a little edge. he is looking for someone that does not take herself too serio seriously.

we are talking love again this week with ellen mccarthy of "the washington post." good to see you again. let's start out with the wedding couple this week. these two met while training for. >> that's right. they had six months of training together. but they didn't end up actually becoming really friendly until the very last month.

he led her through this swampy nagation and test what they had to doing five hours in the woods. and then they had to go to different countries. she was being shipped off to germany and he would still be here in the u.s. and got orders to deploy to afghanistan. they made a decision really quick. he explained it, i wanted to marry her. it was a matter of marrying her and not later. >> he has all the photos to take with him. let's check out the couple featured this weekend. date lab. sunday post. who did "the post" have? >> evan. evan is a 26-year-old private equity associate. a traveler. really athletic and giving back to the community and has a really quirky sense of humor. so we -- we thought it was really important to set him up with somebody with a role. intelligent up about wouldn't take herself super seriously. that was really important to him. we decided to set him up with lauren who is 25. she is a retail manager and

really sort of fashionable and stylish. outgoing. athletic. cute. she's also a down-to-earth girl, drawn to preppie guys. we thought he would fit the bill there. she wants somebody with a little edge, too. okay. maybe him. we sent them out. now he was feeling sick even before he went on the date. flu bug. >> that's not good. >> they got there. liked the looks of each other. like that. instantly -- things to talk about. both lived in australia at different points of their lives. they are getting along really well except he's thinking to himself i'm about to pass out. so things are going so well. except this thing. you have to read sunday to find out if they were able to overcome that. >> okay. you won't tell us if there is a love connection or not 37 they have traveling in common, australia. the conversation never had a lull. >> everything is good except -- >> when you are sick, it covers everything. >> indeed. >> all right. ellen, thanks so much.

we will be reading sunday in "the post." you can find out details of evan lauren's date this sunday in "the post." you can get ideas on where to take your own dates on our website, nbcwashington.com/aroundtown. >> never good when the guy is sick before he gets there. that's never good. still ahead on "news4 at 4:00," it was a cell phone picture taken in a very public area. they land a man in jail for five years. what is up with that? one man's story of survival at sea after his boat capsized. leaving him tieing for his life. she was young, sexual and groundbreaking. we will go to the phillips collection to see how georgia o'keefe got started.

welcome back, everybody at 5:30. i'm jim handly. >> i'm wendy rieger. an incredible survival story. a man is hit bay car and tossed across the road. don't treat, reload. sarah palin talks about her slogan. a startling historic discovery. in the backyard a home in montgomery county. our top story at 5:30, could it change the way maryland drivers behave. the house of delegates approve ad bill today that would ban the use of hand-held cell phones behind the wheel.

news4's john schriffen joins us with more on the bill's impact. >> reporter: that's right. if you are in d.c., you are driving behind the wheel, it is already illegal to use your -- already illegal to use your hand-held cell phone while behind the wheel. if you are in maryland the law states that if you are texting you can't be behind the wheel at the same time. however, today the maryland house pass ad major bill aimed at catching the state up to speed with other laws around the country. it is something many people in maryland do even people driving prince george's county vehicles. the familiar knows too well the dangers that come with driving while talking on your cell phone. >> we know the pain of lose something one on the highway. we lost our daughter, heather, needlessly. this pain is forever. >> reporter: their daughter was 26 when her car was hit in florida. a driver of a tractor trailer was on his cell phone. since the accident in 2008, the family has testified in front of the general assembly to ban the practice. after the bill passed the maryland senate, today the ban

on hand-held cell phone use passed through the maryland house as well. >> i'm on my cell phone. dangerous. >> twoiers ago, off-ramp, lady almost side-swiped me. she was using her cell phone. that convinced me using a cell phone is not a good idea while driving. >> reporter: under the law it would be lyle to use a cell phone while at a stop light but as soon as the car is in motion, you need to use a hands-free device or put the phone down. a leader in driving safety house delegate william says three of ten crashes involved people talking or texting on their cell phone while driving. 1.6 million crash's year. 3 every minute in the country. >> when you are on the phone, do you ever find yourself almost getting into an accident or getting in a dangerous situation? >> of course you do. i would be lying if i said i didn't. you try to minimize the -- period of time you are on the cell phone. >> reporter: under the bill of housing for the first offense

would be a $40 fine. then it jumps to $100 for repeat offenders. some believe the penalty should be harsher. >> i think they should be maybe suspend the license for a week. that's so you can understand that eventually somebody will get hurt. >> reporter: there is an application on your phone that as soon as you drive above five miles per hour it locks the phone so you can't receive or make a phone call. for those people in the car that just can't put the phone down, might abgood idea to invest in one of the programs because governor o'malley is expected to sign this bill into law. jim, back to you. >> it is happening. john schriffen, thanks, john. this is something that can happen to anyone at any time. someone can take a cell phone picture of you without your consent or knowledge. news4's julie carey joins us from the newsroom to tell bus a case occurred in manassas. julie? >> reporter: actually in fredericksburg. it is only a crime in certain circumstances. as you will hear in this story. fredericksburg says it is the first time they charged someone

for this particular offense. with the prevalence of cell phone cameras, expect to run into this crime more and more now. this manassas man faces up to five years in prison because of a picture he took on his cell phone camera. the charge, unlawfully photographing an unconsenting person. it took place in the parking lot of the parking lot of the wawa. she was waiting for her mother who was inside the store. she was resting on the passenger seat. her feet were on the dashboard, eyes closed. then she heard a sound that drew her attention. she noticed a man taking her photo with the cell phone. she got his license plate. fred recollectionburg police tracked down the man. he found he still has h the photos on his phone. and they weren't of the teenager's face. inadvertently her underwear was exposed to him while he was standing outside of the car. and he had saved those photographs and actually sent

them to friends of his. >> reporter: this is the law frederickburg police use to charge him. it was originally put on the books to handle criminals that take photos or video in private places like restrooms or dressing rooms. but the law now also applies to certain photos taken in the most public of places. when those pictures have a specific focus and the subject does not give consent. >> specifically applies to photographing or videotaping of a person's intimate body parts or the undergarments covering those intimate body parts without that person's express permission. >> reporter: when the subject is a jauf nile the charge is a felony. the george mason university law professor says with the prevalence of cell phone cameras, prosecutors could increasingly see cases like this one. >> as people are able to find out that they have been photographed or sudden find it on a website or compromising pictures of friends or family on a website, under those circumstances, we are going to see more prosecutions in this area. >> reporter: the frederickburg

mother of a 1-year-old says this kind of case is worrisome. >> scary. you know, walk out in public and wonder what will happen to your and who is following you. who is snapping pictures. scary. >> professor o'neill points out while today's technology has narrowed our zone of privacy, laws like this one help keep some even public moments out of bounds. back to you now. >> julie carey, thanks. longtime congressman stupak is retiring. the representative from michigan announced today he will not run for a tenth term this year. the 58-year-old democrat says he thinks that he would win again if he ran but he would rather spend more time with his family. stupak spent 18 years in congress and was instrumental in securing the house approval for health care overhaul and became a target of negative ads you about the tea party movement. >> congressman stupak's decision and the mid-term elections and that vacancy at the supreme court, lots to talk about. joined by "meet the press" moderator, david gregory. >> let's start off with that

supreme court announcement today. no big surprise here. >> right, right. >> what happens from here? >> well, the balance of the court is not going to be affected here. now have you another nomination and -- year later, this one is during an election year for president obama. and you have to wonder whether this is an -- next big fight. you heard republicans say that they are not going to cooperate with the obama white house. there have been dar beyond no cooperation, newt gingrich say thing is a radical president, radical azwraen. will this be the next big fight between the white house and republicans? remember, there was quit a fight over sotomayor before she was confirmed and was confirmed handedly. lot of sound and furry surrounding all of this. it is interesting to get a sense of how the president will approach this and as you want somebody with some political experience and somebody who has been a politician. again, he has pretty well developed legal judicial views given his own background. he brings those to bear. >> most liberal. it is not going to change the

balance of the court so much. >> i think that's right. and -- but some of the no, ma'am internets that you talk about now are people who -- politicians zreent legal paper trail and those who do are seen as more mainstream candidates. so -- you ask yourself what -- bottom line issues that could affect this one roy or the other. >> doesn't he also have people leftover from the sotomayor, didn't he have a pool that sotomayor came out of? >> he does. kagan and wood. elena kagan. garland had not been interviewed before but worked in the clinton administration andwhelm known to the obama team. >> we have to ask you about congressman stupak. we are always suspicious when they want to spend more time with their familiar. >> i he had been thinking what he would do for some period of time. a retirement makes it more difficult especially in a district like his that will be -- real contentious battle. >> busy week. lots to talk about sunday morning. thanks so much for stopping by. >> watch "meet the press" at

10:30 sunday. david's guests include senator patrick lahey and jeff sessions. secretary of state hillary clinton. secretary of defense robert gates. good lineup. coming up on "news4 at 5:00," what's ahead for your weekend weather. we will check in for the 7-day with tom. >> one month left to see the georgia o'keefe exhibit at the phillips collection. i will show you why this is one you don't want to miss.

how's the weekend, tom? we flood it. >> looking good. things have certainly cooled down today. overnight tonight, now we are in the 50s but will bottom out in the upper 30s tomorrow morning around the metro area. and maybe even frost in the shenandoah valley. very early tomorrow morning. sunny on saturday. all around the region. highs should reach low and mid 60s. sunday a bit maileder. low 70s. partly cloudy. monday and tuesday morning lows in the 40s, afternoon highs into the 60s. looks reich this pattern continues all the way through next week. we should have noon highs in the 60s. morning lows in the 40s. and on wednesday, thursday, it my hit 70 on friday with "world news tonight sunday" shine, morning lows in the 40s. and that is about seasonable for mid april. that's the way it looks now. >> spring returned. so has georgia o'keefe. one of the most important american artist of the last century. here in washington, we have the rare privilege of seeing more than 100 o'keefes created when the artist was in her 20s and just starting to explore the abstract shapes and bold colors

that would become her signature. georgia o'keefe abstractions. now showing at the phillips collection. prepare to be wowed. this is o'keefe in the desert, in her youth. a woman in her 20s in new york. whose artistry was starting to ripen. >> i feel startled when i see these works. that you get to really, as i said, really see o'keefe in a new way. >> reporter: we see her first charcoals where she played with curling shape that would appear, again and again in her works. >> for o'keefe, basic vocabulary, shapes that she sees in her head. >> reporter: her colors, rampant, emotional and pulsating. they would become part of her language. and this exhibit shows you how radical georgia o'keefe was from the start. she would take an image and find it visual essence, a flower into

sensual curves that make us wonder what rear really seeing. >> she's not trying to show you an exact replica of what that particular flower looked like. but that -- she is responding to the flouer and is really conveying to you more than emotional response. >> reporter: she was a young artist plagued with doubt in those early days and that's where alfred enters the picture. she is the photographer who influenced her. she became her lover and then her husband. this exhibit has some of the pictures he took of his wife, including the nudes that created a sensation in 1920 in new york when they went on display. >> sigmund freud's ideas about sexuality were very hot in the air at that time, 1909, had come to the united states for a tour. so alfred was reading freud. he -- she was a woman in the male dominated art world. >> reporter: soon the images that o'keefe had so carefully crafted became sexually charged.

this exhibit has some of o'keefe's more familiar works alongside her more radical, groundbreaking early art. it is exciting to watch her evolve. >> she is really like any -- you know, aspiring artist, searching for the validation. looking for input that what she's saying and the way she is saying it is striking people. i think she's humanized actually in a way through the ex-business. i think that that -- that's something i hope comes across. >> reporter: georgia o'keefe lived for almost 100 years and we were intrigued. we have enjoyed her journey. but here at the phillips collection, we are allowed to accompany her as she makes her entrance. >> you have only one more month to see georgia o'keefe's abstractions at the phillips collect. it runs through may 9th. >> very nice. impressive to see. >> it is beautiful. coming up on "news4 at 5:00," how do we come up with the pollen count?

that's one of the questions we are going to put to liz. coming up in sports, hakem dermish goes one-on-one with mike green.

somewhere in america... the slightest breeze harbors immense power. the tallest buildings leave the lightest footprints. a fifty-ton train makes

barely a mark on the environment. and a country facing climate change finds climate solutions. somewhere in america, we've already answered some of the nation's toughest questions. and the over sixty thousand people of siemens are ready to do it again. siemens. answers. what does the pollen count mean and how is it calculated? how to replace a lost birth certificate? how can you protect your computer from dust and pollen, too? >> liz crenshaw is here to tell bus that. >> pollen in your computer. you know that. >> first question comes from jeremy in woodbridge, virginia. he wants to know what does the

pollen count mean? how do they calculate that? >> how do they calculate it? >> they called the national allergy bureau for your answer. the allergy bureau collects pollen and mold spore counts from more than 80 counting stations at universities and medical centers throughout the united states. the stations use air sampling equipment that sits on rooftops and runs on a 24-hour cycle. certified arrow allergen counters. compiled the numbers and use a variety of methods to roar those numbers to the bureau as grains per cubic meter of air. those numbers are used by the allergy bureau and determines if the pollen count that day is low, medium, high. and you can get the pollen count for your area simply by going to the national allergy bureau homepage. >> my left nostril is a counting station. it counts as one. >> yes. i would like to go -- >> no, you don't. our next question comes from door nice fredericks burge, virginia. she lost her birth certificate and she wants to know the best

way to get a new copy. >> simple answer. we found your answer to the national center for health statistics and a part of the centers for disease control. it says an official certificate of every birth, every death and marriage, divorce, should be on file in the locality where the event occurred. these records are filed permanently in a state vital statistics office or in a city, county or other local office. you simply obtain the certified copy of your birth certificate, marriage, death certificate. write or go to the vit always statistics office in that state or area where the event occurred. not where you are now. not where you went ultimately but actually where it happened. >> last question comes from tom in montgomery county. he wants to know -- wants to protect his brand-new computer from dust and dirt. should he cover it with plastic? >> tom, we didn't turn to gateway computers to get your answer that says it is generally not a good idea to cover computers at all. that's because computers need air. and covering them actually

blocks airflow. that causes overheating. and it could damage your system. there are some specific covers maude for the keyboards that you can use. gateway says the best way to protect your computer from dust is simply to regularly clean the area around the computer and recommends using those air jet sprays that blow the dust off, rather than to vacuum the dust or use a dust rag. gateway says vacuuming could accidentally dislodge something from the computer and using a dust rag will not get rid of the dust. it drags it you a round. though big air spray cans work well. if you have a question you would like us to consider for "ask liz," send it to askliz@nbcwashington.com. contact us about any story idea have you. >> all right. good questions tonight. thank you, liz. >> have a good weekend. >> you as well. what's he doing? >> i don't know what he's personally doing. >> one-on-one with someone.

>> hakem dermish is at the capitals game. by the way, i want to mention the capitals have home ice advantage throughout the entire playoffs. because they won. the president -- franchise history. tonight they will celebrate that honor before they take the ice against the atlanta thrashers. there are milestones at stake tonight. one is for goal tenner theodore who will try to hit 30 win force the fourth time in his nhl career. another one goes for dedpensman mike green trying to reach the 20-goal mark in back-to-back seasons. hakem dermish is live at verizon center where he caught up with the defensiveman -- defenseman. what are you doing down there? >> reporter: talking to mike green. his shots are like 100 miles an hour. there wouldn't be much one-on-one going on against mike green and myself. it would be all mike green all day long. mike green is back in the lineup tonight after missing the last two games.

resting up before the playoffs. last year he was a runner-up for the trophy. made a heck of a run with it. 19 goals and a career high 74 points. let's be honest. mike green deserves the norris trophy. >> something that i have been striving for. i don't want to get may hopes up just in case it happens. you know, that would be a great honor and humbling to accept that award. especially with some of the defenseman that i won in the past. i'm not -- i'm not thinking about that. as far as -- as much as the winston cup. >> reporter: considering your struggles, you scored one goal in the two series coined. how anxious are you and how more prepared do you feel in this year's playoffs coming up? >> night and day. i mean, i feel 100% this year and last year. i -- i really was struggling. and -- you know, it is one of those things that you live and

you learn. and -- it is a long season. you really is to take care of your body and -- you know, i was worn down. right now i feel great. we will see what happens. >> you have two great goaltenders now, jose theodore, varmalov. who would you start? who is making a bet are case to be the starter in the playoffs? >> well, i think they are both great goal jones. simeon will be here a long time, i believe. seems like he is getting better and better each year. he is having those games and winning those games like he did back in montreal when he won the mvp and all that. he is our guy. he is covering everything ask making good shots when he needs to. >> you played for bruce boudreau

a long time. what's one thing that upsets bruce? >> when you don't work hard and you don't follow hi game plan. he is so convinced. when you do it and it does work, you really respect him and have an understanding. you are right he is a lovable guy everybody likes. and i think he gets the most out of his players. >> coming up at 6:00, you will hear from bruce boudreau and why he thinks mike green deserves the trophy. lindsay, let's send it back to you. >> two things, good for you for getting him to pick a starting playoff goaltender. vin heard anybody on that team say that yes. b, must go to the hair stylist, right? you have the same thing going on. >> reporter: he can get the mohawk going. i can't do that. my hair is too thick.

a nest. i put stuff in it. he can get it going, pretty sweet. >> you will be thankful down the road for that. we will talk with you at 6:00. funny. takes a lot important someone to say our starting playoff goaltender should be that because those are guys are both talented. coming up, a startling historical discovery in a local backya

a florida man says he has no memory of getting hit by a car. only this amazing video. sean mills walked off this city bus in jacksonville and right into the path of a car that

slammed into him, tossing him into the air. came down on the roof of the car. and bounced off of the side of the same bus he was just on. he fine inlanded on the streets. severely injured. sean suffered broken bones from head to foot. and his spinal cord was crushed. fortunately for him, the bus driver saw what happened and in his rear view mirror and stopped the bus before the wheels could roll back over him, too. sean's out of the hospital now but faces months of rehabilitation. it is an incredible glimpse into our nation's history. and a mystery that's unfolded right here in our area. the headstone of a world war i veteran buried in new jersey was recently discovered at a home in montgomery county. news4's pat collins went to find out exactly how it got there. >> reporter: this is where it happened. lim a drive in the spring brooks section of montgomery county. have you ever seen anything like this around here before? >> no.

>> reporter: why it is hard to find a safer place. a cul-de-sac with a middle school here and the catholic church over there. any strange goings-on in the neighborhood? >> no. >> reporter: this is victoria. and on her property line, next to her neighbor's trash can, yesterday they discovered the headstone of world war i veteran daniel monillas. 1998 to july 16, 1965. >> i was speechless. >> reporter: victoria's lived in this house for years but didn't know the headstone was here until yesterday when her neighbor was moving the trash cans and told victoria all about it. >> well, at first i was a little freaked out. but then i kind of -- i felt kind of bad because here's this

war veteran -- well, i thought was buried in -- next to some trash cans. i felt like that wasn't a good way to pay respect for someone that has served in the military. >> reporter: daniel monillas was buried in 1965 at the beverly national cemetery. when daniel's wife elizabeth died in 1975, she was buried with him. his old headstone removed. a new one with her name added was put in its place. how the old headstone made it down to maryland, no one seems to know. here now from darren white with the office of veterans affairs. >> the way that that headstone was disposed of back -- in the 1970s, would certainly be inconsistent with our current policies today. >> reporter: mr. white says the v.a. is going to retrieve the